April, 2018

CALL TO ORDER:

The April 2018 Board Meeting of the Northwest Choral Society was held on April 17th, 2018 at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 766 Graceland Ave. Des Plaines, IL.   The meeting was called to order at 6:30 PM by NWCS President Penny Perles.  The following board members were present:

Angela Carlson                      Mary Jane Matecki

Karl Dahlstrom                     Penny Perles

Julie Fisher                           Diane Szuberla

David Hitch                          Kristie Webb-Williams

Noreen LaValle

Also Present: Lori Mackie

 

MEETING MINUTES:

  • The meeting minutes from the March 13th meeting were reviewed and were approved with no necessary changes.  Noreen LaValle made a motion to accept the March meeting minutes.  Mary Jane Matecki seconded the motion.  The motion passed.

TREASURER’S REPORT:

  • Noreen LaValle presented the treasurer’s report for March 2018.  Cash disbursements totaled $1,686.53.  Cash receipts totaled $0.00.  Our regular account now has $32,014.95.  Including petty cash, our final total was $32,0.49.95.  David Hitch made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report.  The motion was seconded by Mary Jane Matecki.  The motion passed.

SEARCH COMMITTEE:

  • Kevin will be hiring a base player, drummer and pianist in addition to Lori. 

NEW BUSINESS:

  • The poster design for the June concert is complete.
  • Thomas LaVoy’s Starlight Anthology is $4.49 and NWCS will buy a set (55 copies) for the choir.  Choir members will be able to buy their own copies if they so choose.  The discount will continue through May 24th. Mary Jane Matecki made a motion to purchase the anthologies.  Karl Dahlstrom seconded the motion.  The motion passed.
  • We will send one of the anthologies to Alan Wellman.
  • For the April Concert fundraiser, Pot Belly donated all proceeds from the 5-8pm time frame toward the fundraiser.
  • The decision to do a June concert fundraiser will be deferred until we find out how much we made in the April fundraiser.
  • 117 people attended the April 2018 concert (28 adults, 80 students/seniors).  The proceeds were 2,909.36.  The bake sale made $262.
  • The annual full choir meeting will be held during lunch at the May 19th Saturday rehearsal.
  • Guillermo will conduct the first half of the June concert and Kevin will conduct the second half.

NEXT MEETING:

  • Our next Board Meeting will be Tuesday, May 8th, 2018, at First Congregational United Church of Christ. 

ADJOURNMENT:

The Board Meeting was adjourned at 7:23 PM by a motion from Noreen LaValle and a second from Mary Jane Matecki.  The motion passed.

Angela Carlson

Recording Secretary

Northwest Choral Society